Duplicate Emails from Outlook Distribution List

[lauren.keyes]

I've browsed a few messages regarding this topic, but there doesn't
seem to be anything written that is more current than 2004. I recently
sent an email to a distribution list of about 10,000 people, and people
from one company in particular seem to have gotten up to 8 duplicate
emails from me (which was very, very inconvenient since it was an email
marketing flyer and now they're crying "spam"). I checked and
re-checked the distribution list; no email address dupes. Has this
issue been solved?

Thanks,

Lauren Keyes
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No.
I can't think of a worse idea than trying to use a DL that large.
Expect even more trouble if you persist. DL's are not designed for more than
just a few recipients, and they rarely work even with that.

 

[lauren.keyes]

That's good to know, I never saw anything about that in the Help file.
What's the best way to go about sending emails to that many people,
then?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Indeed. You may have noticed that Microsoft is not particularly adept at
acknowledging its shortcomings in its own Help Files.
Distributing messages to this many recipients needs to be outsourced to
third party software, which may or may not include Outlook. I have no
experience with these services, but you can start your search here or on
Google:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail